Answer to Question #5475 in Calculus for Jerica

2011-12-06T09:11:01-0500

Question #5475

Water is flowing at the rate of50 m3min from a concrete conical reservoir (vertex down) ofbase radius 45 m and height 6 m. (a) How fast is the water levelfalling when the water is 5 m deep? (b) How fast is the radius ofthe water’s surface changing at that moment? Give your answerin cmmin.

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2011-12-08T10:35:57-0500

Water is flowing at the rate of 50 m^3/min from a concrete conical reservoir (vertex down) of base radius 45 m and height 6 m.